Fake malaria and hidden parasites - the ambiguity of malaria (Publications)
and education, programmes, and as a result, biomedical knowledge on malaria is comparatively high. However the cultural model of malaria does not always explain all the events that occur during an actual [...] Lay perspectives and health-seeking behaviour for malaria were investigated in an ethnographic study carried out in a village in south-eastern Tanzania. The inhabitants have easy access to hospital services [...] or the symptoms persist despite antimalarial treatment. Under these...
Epidemiological characterization of malaria in rural southern Tanzania following China-Tanzania pilot joint malaria control baseline survey (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Malaria is an important public health problem in Tanzania. The latest national malaria data suggests rebound of the disease in the country. Anopheles arabiensis, a mosquito species renowned [...] conducted to determine malaria parasite prevalence and associated risk exposures prior to piloting the T3-initiative of World Health Organization integrated with Chinese malaria control experience aimed [...] additional reduction of malaria in the area. METHODS: The study was conducted from...
Swiss TPH Re-designated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Expertise in Malaria (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/who-collaborating-centre-for-expertise-in-malaria
world free from malaria." An expert hub for malaria Within the Collaborating Centre, Swiss TPH will improve modelling methodologies that contribute towards malaria prevention and advance malaria control and [...] WHO Global Malaria Programme. "The institute's long-term expertise in malaria research, control and elimination will be highly valuable in supporting the WHO to implement its work on malaria prevention [...] Monitoring and Training for Malaria Control and Elimination The Collaborating...
Accelerated Research and Development Needed to End Malaria (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/accelerated-research-and-development-needed-to-end-malaria
and improve access to services and better surveillance to guide a more targeted malaria response. “To achieve a malaria-free world, we must reinvigorate the drive to find the transformative strategies [...] “Rising to the Challenge of Malaria Eradication” to be held in Geneva on 9 September 2019. Saving lives and boosting economies The findings show that scaling up current malaria interventions would prevent [...] Training for Malaria Control and Elimination. Over the past 3 years, SAGme has...
Malaria Mortality in Africa May Be Higher than Estimated (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/malaria-mortality-in-africa-may-be-higher-than-estimated
confirm that malaria parasite prevalence alone fails to fully capture the association with mortality. The malaria-anaemia comorbidity indicator provides a better measure to estimate the malaria burden." Results [...] number of deaths caused by malaria, different methods and data sources have been utilised. Most studies to date, however, have not taken into account indirect deaths from malaria such as anaemia. Studies [...] Studies also mainly used malaria parasite prevalence as a key measure,...
Changes in Mosquito Behaviour Could Result in Millions of Additional Malaria Cases (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/changes-in-mosquito-behaviour-could-result-in-millions-of-additional-malaria-cases
Countries have substantially reduced the number of malaria cases and deaths since 2000. However, progress has stalled in recent years with an increase in malaria cases and deaths reported in sub-Saharan Africa [...] vector control interventions to prevent malaria transmission, however, they primarily protect against mosquito bites when people are indoors. 12 million additional malaria cases to be expected A new study found [...] London, the University of Surrey, the U.S. President's Malaria...
New Findings on Malaria Vaccine (News)
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with low malaria transmission (Bagomoyo in Tanzania) and two areas with high malaria transmission (Nanoro in Burkina Faso and Kintampo in Ghana). Less effect if children have been exposed to malaria before [...] Carlota Dobaño from ISGlobal. The results also indicate that when a child has already been exposed to malaria (and therefore has anti-CSP antibodies), the protective effect of the vaccine is lower. “This suggests [...] “This research will help to understand the determinants of desired...
Multi-Insecticide Resistant Malaria Vectors Remain Susceptible to Malathion Insecticide (News)
https://www.swisstph.ch/de/news/news-detail-1/news/multi-insecticide-resistant-malaria-vectors-remain-susceptible-to-malathion-insecticide
Despite ongoing efforts in malaria control, the progress of malaria prevention has remained stagnant over the past seven years. The World Health Organization estimates a rise in malaria cases from 227 million [...] role in recent years, progress in malaria control was already stalling; with one reason being the increase in insecticide resistance. The main tools in fighting malaria and other vector-borne diseases are [...] indoor residual spraying. The extensive use of insecticides in vector...